§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many strip searches were made of female prisoners in Her Majesty's prison, Armagh, in the months of August and September, respectively; if he will give the number of persons involved and the number of times each person was searched; whether any prison contraband, smuggled item or illegal correspondence was discovered in any search, indicating which items; and in how many cases prisoners refused to be searched and had to be restrained while the search was being concluded.
§ Mr. ScottDuring August, 28 strip searches were carried out on 16 female inmates in Her Majesty's prison, Armagh. On September 13 such searches were carried out on 11 female inmates. Individual prisoners were searched the following number of times:
Number of Prisoners Number of Searches in each case August 2 3 8 2 6 1 September 2 2 9 1 No prohibited articles were found during these searches, and no prisoner refused to be searched.